South Yorkshire Shooting Club Certificate of Airgun Competence
What is the South Yorkshire Shooting Club Certificate of Airgun Competence?
Our commitment as a Shooting Club is to ensure the safe and practical use of an Airgun for all our members. Our Airgun training programme is run by experienced Professionals working within the Industry for over 60 years in a Registered Firearms Establishment, governed by the South Yorkshire Firearms Department.
SYSC are committed to ensuring all our members will uphold the integrity of our Airgun sport with the knowledge and understanding to pass on to their future generations.
Our initial ‘Taster Session’ will give you an in depth view in to Air Gunning covering all the fundamentals from Safety, Posture, Ballistics to Eye Bell Adjustment.
Gaining Certification
Learn, Educate, Set an Example, Help Others, Enjoy !
South Yorkshire Shooting Club offer a further ‘Educational Package’ to help members achieve Airgun Competence within the community. This covers the technical side and legalities of Airgun Shooting whilst out of the Shooting Range, providing skills other than being a good shot or Coach, that all Airgun users should understand before entering in to any agreement with Land Owners.
Our programme covers in depth:
- Airgun Safety
- Airgun Law
- Understanding an Airgun .177 and .22
- Understanding an Airgun Scope and Reticule
- Choosing Scope Mounts
- Fitting a Scope
- Adjusting Eye Bell
- Setting Zero
- Setting Magnification
- Understanding Parallax Error
- Understanding Eye to Eye Bell distance
- Understanding Pellet Selection
- Barrel Maintenance
- Loading a Magazine
- Understanding Trigger Pull
- Understanding eye alignment
- Understanding Head Position
- Understanding Cheek Connection
- Understanding Hand Position
- Understanding Bench Rest Position
- Understanding and Fitting a Bipod
- Understanding the Standing Shot
- Understanding Trajectory
- Understanding a Regulator
- Understanding a Power Curve
- Achieving the perfect 10
To gain certification each Air Gunner must demonstrate that they are competent in each module of our ‘Education Programme’
On gaining ‘Certification of Airgun Competence’ South Yorkshire Shooting Club will provide you with a Professionally presented Competent Airgun pack that can be used in seeking Landowners Permission and Joining Shooting Clubs. The pack contains material with proof of competence in all areas of Safe Airgun Use, Landowner Agreement Documents, Refresher Information on Airgun Law, Air Rifle Code of Practice, Lamping Code, Permission to Shoot Document, Section 2 Which Birds may be Killed, Respect for Quarry and The Wood Pigeon Code of Practice.
For Further Information contact Michael Atkinson on 01709 837906 or email. [email protected]